Nathaniel P. Tallmadge

Nathaniel Potter Tallmadge (8 February 1795-2 November 1864) was a US Senator from New York (D) from 4 March 1833 to 17 June 1844, succeeding Charles E. Dudley and preceding Daniel S. Dickinson, and Governor of the Wisconsin Territory from 21 June 1844 to 8 April 1845, succeeding James Duane Doty and preceding Henry Dodge.

Biography
Nathaniel Potter Tallmadge was born in Chatham, New York in 1795, and he became a lawyer in Poughkeepsie in 1818. He served in the State Assembly in 1828 and in the State Senate from 1830 to 1833, and he went on to serve in the US Senate from 1833 to 1844. He was a conservative Jacksonian, and he was opposed to the policies of Martin Van Buren; Tallmadge and the other conservatives' support for the Whigs led to William L. Marcy's loss of his gubernatorial seat and, in 1840, Van Buren losing the presidential election. In 1844, he resigned to accept an appointment as Governor of the Wisconsin Territory, and, in 1845, Henry Dodge was appointed to replace Tallmadge. He died in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1864.